Weather Records on 23 April 2012

1,796 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 2012. Highest significance: Norton W, US.

Key Facts for 23 April 2012

On 23 April 2012, 1,796 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,144 were record highs and 293 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 159 monthly and 1,634 daily.
Norton W set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 23 April 2012.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,796 stations

1,796 station records on 23 April 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norton W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Boswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jamaica Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich Public Utility Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norristown	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maynard 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woonsocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Thompson Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenland	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northbridge 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,796 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 776, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 368, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 23 April 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	776
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	368
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 23 April 2012 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 159, daily 1,634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,427 broken records

Margins by which the 1,427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 2012

Top 20 records on 23 April 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 2012	Norton W, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Middleton, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Farmington, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Mt Adams Rs, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	78 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	115 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Kjahta, RU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Lawrence, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Boswell, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2012	Jamaica Plain, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2012	Amherst, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2012	Meyersdale 2 SSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2012	Norwich Public Utility Plt, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2012	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2012	Newburyport, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2012	Norristown, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2012	Portland Jetport, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2012	Maynard 2, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1800 to 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2012. 2012 had 1,796 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	1,342
25 to 50	56
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	4
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1